cpadmin@publicbroadcasting.netNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Audie Cornish is host of All Things Considered, along with Robert Siegel, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers.Previously, she served as host of Weekend Edition Sunday. Prior to moving into that host position in the fall of 2011, Cornish reported from Capitol Hill for NPR News, covering issues and power in both the House and Senate and specializing in financial industry policy. She was part of NPR's six-person reporting team during the 2008 presidential election, and had a featured role in coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.Cornish comes to Washington, D.C., from Nashville, where she covered the South for NPR, including many the Gulf states left reeling by the 2005 hurricane season. She has also covered the aftermath of other disasters, including the deaths of several miners in West Virginia in 2006, as well as the tornadoes that struck Tennessee in 2006 and Alabama in 2007.Before coming to NPR, Cornish was a reporter for Boston's award-winning public radio station WBURNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Audie CornishFri, 29 Jul 2016 03:46:35 +0000Audie Cornishhttp://wdiy.org
Audie CornishIf you've been watching the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on TV, you've probably seen it happen a few times already: Every few minutes, a fresh wave of brightly colored signs — bearing campaign slogans like "Stronger Together" or "Love Trumps Hate" — spreads across the convention floor like wildfire.Shelly Loos is in charge of floor operations for the DNC. And it's her job to oversee the timing and distribution of the 300,000 to 400,000 signs at the convention, and the some 200 "runners" — volunteers running up and down the aisles handing out stacks of signs to delegates.Unlike when Loos was a runner in 1992 — and the volunteers communicated via radio — Loos gives the "go" via mass text to "captains."Her gig isn't without peril. This week supporters of Bernie Sanders showed their frustration by striking out Hillary Clinton's name or otherwise defacing the placards."I don't love it," she says, adding that "this is a convention and we accept other people's views."Use theAt The Democratic Convention, Choreographing A Sea Of Signshttp://wdiy.org/post/democratic-convention-choreographing-sea-signs
78803 as http://wdiy.orgThu, 28 Jul 2016 21:40:00 +0000At The Democratic Convention, Choreographing A Sea Of SignsAudie CornishCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.The Task Ahead Of Hillary Clinton On The DNC's Final Nighthttp://wdiy.org/post/task-ahead-hillary-clinton-dncs-final-night
78801 as http://wdiy.orgThu, 28 Jul 2016 21:04:00 +0000The Task Ahead Of Hillary Clinton On The DNC's Final NightAudie CornishCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit NPR.What's Next For Delegates For Bernie Sanders?http://wdiy.org/post/whats-next-delegates-bernie-sanders
78624 as http://wdiy.orgMon, 25 Jul 2016 20:17:00 +0000What's Next For Delegates For Bernie Sanders?Audie CornishCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Donald Trump Likely Driving Latino Voter Registration Surge In Californiahttp://wdiy.org/post/donald-trump-likely-driving-latino-voter-registration-surge-california
75617 as http://wdiy.orgThu, 19 May 2016 20:27:00 +0000Donald Trump Likely Driving Latino Voter Registration Surge In CaliforniaAudie CornishAcross the U.S., more than 20 million people abuse drugs or alcohol or both. Only about 1 in 10 is getting treatment.People seeking treatment often have to wait weeks or months for help. The delays can jeopardize the chances they'll be able to recover from their addiction.In Baltimore, Health Commissioner Leana Wen has been pushing for treatment on demand, so that the moment people decide they're ready for help, it's available. It's something other health officials have sought to achieve, without success.The need for quick access to treatment came into focus for us when we caught up with Andrea Towson, whom we first met last September.Towson, known in her West Baltimore neighborhood as Teacup, has used heroin on and off for more than 30 years. She considers herself an active user.By mid-December, she was looking to change that. "For the new year, I want to be in treatment," she says.With the help of health department outreach worker Nathan Fields, Towson was able to get an appointmentCan Baltimore Provide Addiction Treatment On Demand? http://wdiy.org/post/can-baltimore-provide-addiction-treatment-demand
71620 as http://wdiy.orgWed, 24 Feb 2016 20:43:00 +0000Can Baltimore Provide Addiction Treatment On Demand? Audie CornishIf you took a map of Chicago and put down a tack for each person shot last year, you'd need nearly 3,000 tacks.Of those, 101 would be clustered in the neighborhood of East Garfield Park. That's where 15-year-old Jim Courtney-Clarks lives."To be honest, I really don't like it," Courtney-Clarks says. "Every time you look up somebody else is getting killed, and I never know if it's me or somebody I am really close to."For kids in some Chicago neighborhoods, walking up and down the same street where there was a beating or a shooting or a body is just part of life — one that isn't always talked about.That's something the Urban Warriors program is trying to change. The YMCA of Metro Chicago project connects kids like Courtney-Clarks, who live in high-violence neighborhoods, with veterans who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and who might understand what they're going through.The program is built on the idea that these kids are experiencing trauma and need to process it, and that witnessingChicago Teens And Combat Veterans Join Forces To Process Traumahttp://wdiy.org/post/chicago-teens-and-combat-veterans-join-forces-process-trauma
70198 as http://wdiy.orgMon, 25 Jan 2016 22:10:00 +0000Chicago Teens And Combat Veterans Join Forces To Process TraumaAudie CornishThe protests in Chicago have been mostly peaceful. But it's not just about police. This is all happening against a backdrop of gang violence, including the recent killing of a 9-year-old boy who police say was apparently targeted because of his father's alleged gang ties.These incidents are forcing difficult conversations between parents and kids. And for African-American families, the conversation hits close to home.How do you talk about what's happening? How do you reassure your kids? And how do you keep them safe? We visited with two families at the beginning and end of a busy school day to find out.Our first stop: the neighborhood of West Chatham on Chicago's South Side. That's where we met the Johnson family.It's 6:45 a.m., and Shango Johnson is waking up his 9-year-old son, Brendan.With his long dreadlocks, high cheekbones, and quick movements, Shango Johnson is catlike as he moves up and down the stairs.He and his wife, Karen, start breakfast and their son, Brendan, comes downAmid Violence, Chicago Parents Try To Inoculate Their Sons Against Fearhttp://wdiy.org/post/amid-violence-chicago-parents-try-inoculate-their-sons-against-fear
68335 as http://wdiy.orgThu, 10 Dec 2015 23:08:00 +0000Amid Violence, Chicago Parents Try To Inoculate Their Sons Against FearAudie CornishEvery Thursday night you can find Nathan Fields making the rounds of Baltimore's red light district, known to locals as The Block.An outreach worker with the Baltimore City Health Department, Fields, 55, is a welcome sight outside strip clubs like Circus, Club Harem and Jewel Box.In the early evening before the clubs get busy, he talks with dancers, bouncers and anyone else passing by about preventing drug overdoses and how to stop the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.Later on, he'll drop into the clubs to check on the dancers who aren't able to come outside, finding out what they might need.Fields has credibility on The Block that people higher up in the health department don't. "I watch him walk down any street in Baltimore city, and people come up to him, and they know that he is there to serve them," says his boss, Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen.It wasn't always so easy.Seven years ago, Fields was working with the city's needle exchange program. After aPitching Health Care In Baltimore's Red Light Districthttp://wdiy.org/post/pitching-health-care-baltimores-red-light-district
66944 as http://wdiy.orgTue, 10 Nov 2015 21:26:00 +0000Pitching Health Care In Baltimore's Red Light DistrictAudie CornishA suspected case of measles. A rabid fox on the loose. A recall of a dye used in tattoos. A drug epidemic that's claiming hundreds of lives.Those are just a few of the problems that Dr. Leana Wen confronts in a typical week as the Baltimore City Health Commissioner. While they all have to be dealt with, it's clear that heroin is among Wen's gravest concerns. Right now, she's focused on stopping overdoses and saving lives.There were 104 overdose deaths in Baltimore during the first quarter of 2015, a 49 percent increase over the 70 reported during the same period in 2014.As chair of a committee that has a state mandate to review every fatal drug and alcohol overdose, Wen hears about each and every overdose victim in the city. Each month, the health department, police department, and other agencies that are part of the committee conduct a detailed examination of every death."These are difficult meetings to attend," Wen says. "You're literally hearing about a person's life, seeing theirBaltimore Fights Heroin Overdoses With Antidote Outreachhttp://wdiy.org/post/baltimore-fights-heroin-overdoses-antidote-outreach
64096 as http://wdiy.orgWed, 09 Sep 2015 20:57:00 +0000Baltimore Fights Heroin Overdoses With Antidote OutreachAudie CornishIn today's crowded TV landscape, the casting director's job is no small thing. And that talent will be honored at the Emmy Awards next month. Jennifer Euston, who has been in the casting business for two decades, has been nominated this year for outstanding casting for a comedy series and for a drama series."I get the script, I read it, I break it down. Anyone who has a speaking part is my responsibility," she says. "Even if the person says, 'Hi' — one word."Euston's first gig was on Law and Order. In recent years, she's been at the top of her game, crafting Emmy-nominated casts for shows like HBO's Veep and Girls.Her most decorated show right now is Orange Is the New Black on Netflix. It's a women's prison comedy and drama that tells the story of not just its heroine — an upper-middle-class New Yorker locked up on an old drug charge — but also of the diverse group of women around her. On a different show, these actresses would likely have been relegated to bit parts — maid, cashier,Award-Winning Casting Director Says Diversity Isn't A Trend, It's Evolutionhttp://wdiy.org/post/award-winning-casting-director-says-diversity-isnt-trend-its-evolution
63447 as http://wdiy.orgTue, 25 Aug 2015 22:37:00 +0000Award-Winning Casting Director Says Diversity Isn't A Trend, It's EvolutionAudie CornishOn a hot, sunny Monday in mid-July, Dr. Leana Wen stood on a sidewalk in West Baltimore flanked by city leaders: Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, interim police commissioner Kevin Davis, Rep. Elijah Cummings. Under a huge billboard with the web address dontdie.org, she proudly unveiled a 10-point plan for tackling the city's heroin epidemic.Wen, the city's health commissioner, said she aims to create a 24/7 treatment center, an emergency room of sorts for substance abuse and mental health. She spoke of targeting those most in need, starting with those in jail.What Wen did not know was that, across town in East Baltimore, police had hours earlier arrested two workers with Safe Streets, the health department's flagship anti-violence initiative.The project, first launched by the health department in 2007, hires ex-offenders to go into the streets and mediate conflict before it erupts into violence. They're called violence interrupters. It's based on the Cure Violence model out of ChicagoCrime Interrupts A Baltimore Doctor's Reform Efforts http://wdiy.org/post/violence-interrupts-baltimore-doctors-reform-efforts
62682 as http://wdiy.orgFri, 07 Aug 2015 19:25:00 +0000Crime Interrupts A Baltimore Doctor's Reform Efforts Audie CornishNeighborhoods in Baltimore are still struggling to recover from the riots that broke out following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who suffered a fatal injury to his spine while in police custody. In the aftermath of the unrest, we here at NPR spent many hours trying to understand the raw anger on display. We looked at police brutality, economic disparities and housing segregation in Baltimore.Our conversations eventually led us to Leana Wen.Wen, a 32-year old emergency physician, had become Baltimore's health commissioner just a few months earlier. With Baltimore leading the news day after day, she seized the moment to get her message out, including on this blog, where she has been an essayist.She wrote about the health department's immediate response to the unrest, making sure hospitals were protected and that staff and patients could get to them, and that ensuring seniors could still get prescriptions when their pharmacies were looted and burned.After calm was restored, she turned herCan A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?http://wdiy.org/post/can-32-year-old-doctor-cure-baltimores-ills
62633 as http://wdiy.orgThu, 06 Aug 2015 19:26:00 +0000Can A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?Audie CornishCopyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We've learned the names of the Marines killed yesterday in Chattanooga. One was Sergeant Carson Holmquist. He joined the Marines six years ago. From Wisconsin today, his father told NPR, he died doing what he loved - fighting for our country.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan was 40 years old. He'd been a Marine for 18 years. Sullivan served two tours of duty in Iraq and earned two purple hearts. Today in his hometown of Springfield, Mass., the flag was lowered to half-staff. On Facebook, people were posting tributes on the page of Nathan Bill's Bar and Restaurant, his brother's Irish pub.SIEGEL: One of his high school teachers remembers Thomas Sullivan as a student who liked to debate a point. Lynn Leone said he always had a smile on his face.LYNN LEONE: He always stepped up to the plate. He was always willing to help others in service, and Marines do that. They take care of their fellow Marines, and theyRemembering The 4 Marines Who Died In Chattanooga Shootingshttp://wdiy.org/post/remembering-4-marines-who-died-chattanooga-shootings
61737 as http://wdiy.orgFri, 17 Jul 2015 20:03:00 +0000Remembering The 4 Marines Who Died In Chattanooga ShootingsAudie CornishFor a certain kind of theater goer, the name Julie Taymor is enough to get them to the box office. Ticket holders outside New York's Public Theater call her a "pioneer" and a "terrific director." They're waiting to see Taymor's new play, Grounded — an intimate, political, one-woman show that seems to be the opposite of what the director is known for, which is spectacle.Taymor was the creative force behind The Lion King, one of the longest-running and best-selling shows on Broadway, and she's also known for the notoriously expensive and troubled musical adaptation of Spider-Man. She left that production before it officially opened, something theater goer Susan Jacobsen makes note of. "Unfortunately, I think Spider-Man just undid her reputation," she says.But when you ask Taymor about Spider-Man, as NPR did during a recent visit to her sunny loft apartment, she's nonplussed. "It [was] four years ago," she says. "I'll just say that I loved the ideas, I loved creating it and there [are] aDirector Julie Taymor Steers A 'Grounded' Portrait Of A Drone Pilothttp://wdiy.org/post/director-julie-taymor-steers-grounded-portrait-drone-pilot
58026 as http://wdiy.orgTue, 28 Apr 2015 21:02:00 +0000Director Julie Taymor Steers A 'Grounded' Portrait Of A Drone PilotAudie CornishCopyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm joined now by my colleague Audie Cornish, who's been reporting this week on Muslims in Western Europe. Audie, hi.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Hey there, Melissa.BLOCK: And you started this week in London. You went on to Paris and Berlin. You're ending the week in the eastern German city of Dresden. Why there?CORNISH: Well, Dresden is a good example of a place where Muslims were being talked about but not actually heard from. And throughout the week, we've tried to visit with communities that found themselves at the center of national debate, say, the poor communities in the suburbs of France or the tech-savvy youth in London.Now, in Germany, it's not the threat of terror attacks that's driven talk about Muslims, but immigration and asylum seekers. In October, a movement began in the eastern German city of Dresden called PEGIDA, a group opposed to Muslim immigration. And by December, upwards of 25,000 people were marching inDresden Anti-Immigration Protests Cause Tension In Muslim Communityhttp://wdiy.org/post/dresden-anti-immigration-protests-cause-tension-muslim-community
55629 as http://wdiy.orgFri, 06 Mar 2015 22:30:00 +0000Dresden Anti-Immigration Protests Cause Tension In Muslim CommunityAudie CornishThe French, with their national motto of "liberty, equality, fraternity," are so against religious and ethnic divisions that the government doesn't even collect this kind of data on its citizens, but it's believed that nearly 40 percent of the country's 7 million Muslims live in and around Paris.Many live in poor suburban communities known as banlieues., and the residents of these communities have felt increased scrutiny since three young Muslim men, each born and raised in France, killed 17 people in January's terror attacks in Paris.The bustling Gare du Nord train station marks the frontier between central Paris and the banlieues, says Andrew Hussey, a British historian who has written about the tensions between France and its black and Arab minorities.It's the place where the suburbs of northern Paris — which consist of mainly immigrant, minority populations, who are often very poor — come into contact with the relative affluence and comfort of the city center."The thing about theIn France, Young Muslims Often Straddle Two Worlds http://wdiy.org/post/france-young-muslims-often-straddle-two-worlds
55455 as http://wdiy.orgTue, 03 Mar 2015 21:34:00 +0000In France, Young Muslims Often Straddle Two Worlds Audie CornishJihadi John, runaway schoolgirls, no-go zones: the headlines are everywhere in Great Britain.If you are Muslim in Britain, you can't get away from them. If you're Salman Farsi, you're often at the center of it."It feels like we're constantly having to explain ourselves," says Farsi, the spokesman for the East London Mosque.It's a huge complex in a booming and diverse neighborhood, serving 7,000 worshippers at Friday prayers; some 1,000 kids pass through its halls each week.Farsi is the mosque's social media guru, posting sermons on YouTube and tweeting responses to the day's news.The 29-year-old was born and raised nearby in a Bangladeshi family."Most Muslims — and there's 2.7 million Muslims living here in Britain — most Muslims feel they're very much part of the community, part of society, part of Britain, and so when our sentiments and feelings are not those that are perceived by the rest of society, it's quite challenging," he says.And the recent climate of Islamophobia, andBritain's Muslims Still Feel The Need To Explain Themselveshttp://wdiy.org/post/britains-muslims-still-feeling-need-explain-themselves
55411 as http://wdiy.orgMon, 02 Mar 2015 21:58:00 +0000Britain's Muslims Still Feel The Need To Explain ThemselvesAudie CornishCopyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Twenty million Muslims now in Europe are a mixed group - some born there, others who immigrated, still others who came as refugees. With a median age of 32, Muslims are eight years younger than Europeans overall. And the idea of who Muslims are, their image, has come to be co-opted by a few violent extremists. This week, NPR's Audie Cornish is traveling through three countries with the largest Muslim populations in Western Europe to find out what life is like for them. She began her trip in the U.K. and joins us this morning from Paris. Good morning, Audie.AUDIE CORNISH, BYLINE: Good morning, Renee.MONTAGNE: Muslims have been in Europe in large numbers at least since the 1960s. So, you know, that's, you know, 50 years, half a century. What's new about the discussion going on now?CORNISH: That's right, Renee. And just to give some context, you know, the Muslim population has actually been growing. And take a country likeWhat It's Like To Be Young And Muslim In Europehttp://wdiy.org/post/what-its-be-young-and-muslim-europe
55369 as http://wdiy.orgMon, 02 Mar 2015 10:36:00 +0000What It's Like To Be Young And Muslim In EuropeAudie CornishArchivists at the Library of Congress are hard at work cataloging the papers of Rosa Parks, received on loan recently after a legal battle kept them under lock and key for the past decade.Among the collection are a receipt for a voting booth's poll tax, postcards from Martin Luther King Jr., a datebook with the names of volunteer carpool drivers who would help blacks get to work during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and thousands of other historic documents.Meg McAleer, a senior archives specialist working on Rosa Parks' papers, spoke with NPR's Audie Cornish about the documents. Excerpts are below — but to get Parks' full recipe for feather-light pancakes, you'll have to listen to the audio above.Interview HighlightsOn Rosa Parks' husband, RaymondActually, photographs of Raymond Parks are really rare. This is a photograph of Raymond Parks when he's in his 40s. He's, you know, a strikingly handsome man. Very very pale complexion, and at first Rosa Parks didn't like that when they wereAfter Years In Lockdown, Rosa Parks' Papers Head To Library Of Congress http://wdiy.org/post/after-years-lockdown-rosa-parks-papers-head-library-congress
54326 as http://wdiy.orgSat, 07 Feb 2015 19:23:00 +0000After Years In Lockdown, Rosa Parks' Papers Head To Library Of Congress Audie CornishCopyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: One final note on Tom Menino. Back in 2005, I covered the mayor as he ran for his fourth term. I spent the day in his black SUV as he crisscrossed the city visiting kindergarten celebrations, ribbon cuttings, restaurant openings and everywhere Mayor Menino went, he reached in and out of his left shirt pocket for these little slips of paper to write down the kudos and complaints of the residents he met. Back then, opponents sometimes suggested Menino was getting too comfortable in his job. When asked about that he laughed.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)MAYOR TOM MENINO: Comfortable? How'd I get comfortable? Every day I have a new challenge. You meet people out there who need you. I never thought when I became mayor that I'd run for any other office. I think this is the best office to have in America because I touch people every day. I can make changes in people's lives every day, most elected officials can't.CORNISH: MayorRemembering The Man Who Spent Two Decades As Mayorhttp://wdiy.org/post/remembering-man-who-spent-two-decades-mayor
49492 as http://wdiy.orgThu, 30 Oct 2014 21:30:00 +0000Remembering The Man Who Spent Two Decades As Mayor